| Name | CVE-2020-25219 |
| Description | url::recvline in url.cpp in libproxy 0.4.x through 0.4.15 allows a remote HTTP server to trigger uncontrolled recursion via a response composed of an infinite stream that lacks a newline character. This leads to stack exhaustion. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2372-1, DSA-4800-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 971394 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libproxy (PTS) | buster, buster (security) | 0.4.15-5+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.4.17-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.4.18-1.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/issues/134
https://github.com/libproxy/libproxy/commit/a83dae404feac517695c23ff43ce1e116e2bfbe0